In this quiz, you’ll learn about the 12 core dominant personality types, and understand their desires, greatest fears, weaknesses and goals. You’ll also find out if you are driven to fulfill your Ego, Soul or Self! Which personality type are you?

These personality types are rooted in the idea of an archetype, meaning the original pattern or model of consciousness. Carl Jung coined the term archetype to better understand the nature of humans. He also coined the term, “Synchronicity.”

Basically, the idea is that universal, mythic characters reside within the collective consciousness of all humans. They are qualities of our expressions, behaviors and actions, and come with deep emotion.

We all express a great array of archetypes in our personality, although one tends to dominate. And although there are many different archetypes, there are 12 primary types that symbolize basic human motivations. Similar to the Tarot, when we understand these archetypes and which one dominates our personality, we can better understand ourselves.
The 12-Personality types are divided into three groups, the Ego, Soul and Self. Each share a common drive, such as the Ego types are set to be driven to fulfill ego-defined agendas. This isn’t positive or negative, as some spiritual teachings have led us to believe.

We all have a different motive in our archetypes, and it’s the balance of our collective motives that make the world rich, dynamic and beautiful.

So…here are the 12 Personality Archetypes. Which one are you?

The Ego Types

1. The Innocent

Motto: Free to be you and meCore Desire: To get to paradiseGoal: To be happyGreatest Fear: To be punished for doing something bad or wrongStrategy: To do things rightWeakness: Boring for all their naive innocenceTalent: Faith and optimism

The Innocent is also known as: Utopian, traditionalist, naive, mystic, saint, romantic, dreamer.

2. The Regular Guy or Gal

Motto: All men and women are created equalCore Desire: Connecting with othersGoal: To belongGreatest Fear: To be left out or to stand out from the crowdStrategy: Develop ordinary solid virtues, be down to earth, the common touchWeakness: Losing one’s own self in an effort to blend in or for the sake of superficial relationshipsTalent: Realism, empathy, lack of pretense

The Regular Person is also known as: The good old boy, everyman, the person next door, the realist, the working stiff, the solid citizen, the good neighbor, the silent majority.

3. The Hero

Motto: Where there’s a will, there’s a wayCore Desire: To prove one’s worth through courageous actsGoal: Expert mastery in a way that improves the worldGreatest Fear: weakness, vulnerability, being a “chicken”Strategy: To be as strong and competent as possibleWeakness: Arrogance, always needing another battle to fightTalent: Competence and courage

The Hero is also known as: The warrior, crusader, rescuer, superhero, the soldier, dragon slayer, the winner and the team player.

4. The Caregiver

Motto: Love your neighbor as yourselfCore Desire: To protect and care for othersGoal: To help othersGreatest Fear: Selfishness and ingratitudeStrategy: Doing things for othersWeakness: Martyrdom and being exploitedTalent: Compassion, generosity

The Caregiver is also known as: The saint, altruist, parent, helper, supporter.

The Soul Types

5. The Explorer

Motto: Don’t fence me inCore Desire: The freedom to find out who you are through exploring the worldGoal: To experience a better, more authentic, more fulfilling lifeBiggest Fear: Getting trapped, conformity, and inner emptinessStrategy: Journey, seeking out and experiencing new things, escape from boredomWeakness: Aimless wandering, becoming a misfitTalent: Autonomy, ambition, being true to one’s soul

The explorer is also known as: The seeker, iconoclast, wanderer, individualist, pilgrim.

6. The Rebel

Motto: Rules are made to be brokenCore Desire: Revenge or revolutionGoal: To overturn what isn’t workingGreatest Fear: To be powerless or ineffectualStrategy: Disrupt, destroy, or shockWeakness: Crossing over to the dark side, crimeTalent: Outrageousness, radical freedom

The Outlaw is also known as: The rebel, revolutionary, wild man, the misfit, or iconoclast.

7. The Lover

Motto: You’re the only oneCore Desire: Intimacy and experienceGoal: Being in a relationship with the people, work and surroundings they loveGreatest Fear: Being alone, a wallflower, unwanted, unlovedStrategy: To become more and more physically and emotionally attractiveWeakness: Outward-directed desire to please others at risk of losing own identityTalent: Passion, gratitude, appreciation, and commitment

The Lover is also known as: The partner, friend, intimate, enthusiast, sensualist, spouse, team-builder.

8. The Creator

Motto: If you can imagine it, it can be doneCore Desire: To create things of enduring valueGoal: To realize a visionGreatest Fear: Mediocre vision or executionStrategy: Develop artistic control and skillTask: To create culture, express own visionWeakness: Perfectionism, bad solutionsTalent: Creativity and imagination

The Creator is also known as: The artist, inventor, innovator, musician, writer or dreamer.

The Self Types

9. The Fool/Joker

Motto: You only live onceCore Desire: To live in the moment with full enjoymentGoal: To have a great time and lighten up the worldGreatest Fear: Being bored or boring othersStrategy: Play, make jokes, be funnyWeakness: Frivolity, wasting timeTalent: Joy

The Jester is also known as: The fool, trickster, joker, practical joker or comedian.

10. The Sage

Motto: The truth will set you freeCore Desire: To find the truth.Goal: To use intelligence and analysis to understand the world.Biggest Fear: Being duped, misled—or ignorance.Strategy: Seeking out information and knowledge; self-reflection and understanding thought processes.Weakness: Can study details forever and never act.Talent: Wisdom, intelligence.

Motto: I make things happen.Core Desire: Understanding the fundamental laws of the universeGoal: To make dreams come trueGreatest Fear: Unintended negative consequencesStrategy: Develop a vision and live by itWeakness: Becoming manipulativeTalent: Finding win-win solutions

The Magician is also known as: The visionary, catalyst, inventor, charismatic leader, shaman, healer, medicine man.

12. The Ruler

Motto: Power isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.Core Desire: ControlGoal: Create a prosperous, successful family or communityStrategy: Exercise powerGreatest Fear: Chaos, being overthrownWeakness: Being authoritarian, unable to delegateTalent: Responsibility, leadership

The Ruler is also known as: The boss, leader, aristocrat, king, queen, politician, role model, manager or administrator.

Why is this important?

As we come to understand the archetypes that exist in the background of our consciousness, we come to understand ourselves in a much greater capacity. We can also see how different archetype roles show up at different times in our lives, and how we can work with them with greater awareness.

To know thyself is to know the patterns of consciousness that exist beyond us. Ancient cultures of the ages studied these archetypes, often gave them names and expressed them as deities. They were essential to the movement of the stars, planets and our relationships on Earth!

About the author:

Amateo Ra is a Conscious Entrepreneur & Business Coach, supporting others build thriving brands & products to support humanity ascend to higher levels of existence. Amateo is also the founder of Creator Course, an Online School & Publisher for Conscious Living which is currently being built.